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Topic: 2013/2014 Squad (Read 2087 times)

It remains to be seen who fills the manager's seat in GP but just as equally pressing is the need to overhaul the squad. The first game next season is on 17th August and if we have any, or all, of the following in the starting line-up we are in for a long, hard season.

Ossie can still do a good job and Vic has been playing much better recently (although we need someone much more prolific as our main striker).

I'd be reluctant to see any of them leave, with the exception of Heitinga if we could get decent money for a replacement, because they're the kind of players you need around the squad and are capable, experienced options to all on when necessary.

You can look at it two ways, if we want to be serious contenders for top 4 i would say that these 4 players should not be in our first 11, however all of them are decent players for squad/cover use. None of them are as bad as some people would have you believe, but they are not as good as others suggest.

I would have no problem with knowing all 4 of them will be here next year, i would also have no problem if none of them were.

You want to fill the two hardest positions in football, goalkeeper and goalscorer. Plenty of teams try, very few manage. It just occured to me today that our situation post-Big Nev was very similar to Manchester United's post-Schmeichel. Both bought several promising keepers none of which lasted long (Gerrad, Simonsen and Wright were all highly thought of at the time).

And every team on the planet wants a goalscorer. But guaranteed ones are way out of our league.